With powerful, fluid and explosive hip-hop dance, Until The Quiet Comes takes you into the world of young men of colour. In this world, the expectations of society, friends and family constantly clash with the search for one’s own identity.

In this new production, Ibrah Silas Jackson, together with the dancers of Create4, creates an intense and compelling journey through the past, present and future. From choices already made, through the moment when you learn to be yourself, to a future full of dreams, pressures and possibilities.

Until The Quiet Comes is a physical, honest and moving performance about identity, resilience and the silence that arises when you finally dare to follow your own voice.

A short version of Until The Quiet Comes premiered in 2024 at Oude Luxor during Breakin’ Convention NL. At Maaspodium, Ibrah, together with Create4, will present the full-length version for the first time.

About the creator:

Ibrah Silas Jackson (2000) is a dancer, director and choreographer from Rotterdam with roots in Uganda. His creations are rooted in hip-hop culture, but he has also gained expertise in modern, funky and African cultural styles.

This multi-talented performer dances with, amongst others, Ghetto Funk Collective, Ruben Chi and Donna Chittick. He also creates various short films and music videos as a director and writer. In 2021, he began choreographing theatre productions.

In 2021, he began choreographing theatre productions. He was selected to take part in the Creative Europe Project ‘Attitudes’, which enabled him to tour across Europe.Ibrah often bases his work on experiences from his childhood. Having lost his father at a young age, masculinity was a key theme in his upbringing and, consequently, in his productions. Credits: Choreography: Ibrah Silas Jackson Kakande Dancers: Joao Mamadu Balde Arias, Angel Ali Gonzalez Felix, David Richards en Oumar Jalloh Music: Bastian Benjamin, Sinclair en Shaq Vrede